victim

Definition:
1. An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance.
2. A person who is tricked or swindled.

Use 'victim' in a sentence:

• 1. He claimed he was the victim of a dirty tricks campaign.
• 2. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to the victims of the war.
• 3. The victim was outside a shop when he was attacked.
• 4. Relatives of the victim watched from the public gallery as the murder charge was read out in court.
• 5. The victim had been stabbed repeatedly in the chest.
• 6. Thousands of earthquake victims are still waiting to be rehoused.
• 7. He was the victim of a very brutal murder.
• 8. Rescuers found victims trapped several feet underground.
• 9. There is nothing more dangerous than someone who thinks of himself as a victim.
• 10. The gunmen stalked the building, looking for victims.
• 11. He was more of a victim than any of the women he supposedly offended.
• 12. The victim's widow was today being comforted by family and friends.
• 13. The family of the victim said that the killer had got his just deserts when he was jailed for life.
• 14. To feminists she is a classic victim of the patriarchal society.
• 15. He had crept up on his unsuspecting victim from behind.
• 16. The victim's wife was last night being kept under sedation in the local hospital.
• 17. Many charities sent money to help the victims of the famine.
• 18. The victim has not yet been named.
• 19. The "victim" revealed he was only playacting.
• 20. Many victims of burglary feel their homes have been defiled.
• 21. When the attack took place, there were no victim support programmes.
• 22. First check that the accident victim doesn't have an obstructed airway.
• 23. The victim suffered a dreadful injury and lost a lot of blood.
• 24. Reports conflicted on how much of the aid was reaching the famine victims.
• 25. All terrorist crime is detestable, whoever the victims.
• 26. He was the victim of calumny.
• 27. She was the innocent victim of an arson attack.
• 28. Schools are the latest victims of cuts in public spending.
• 29. It is the victim who is often put on trial and, to add insult to injury, she is presumed guilty until proven innocent of provoking the rape.
• 30. They hurled abuse at their victim as they doused him with petrol.
• 31. He was a victim of racial prejudice.
• 32. I'm the sole victim of Mother's tyranny.
• 33. The officer spoke yesterday of her role in trying to coax vital information from the young victim.
• 34. They fell victim to eagles.
• 35. The victim was hit by a hail of bullets.
• 36. Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim.
• 37. The victim lay prone without moving.
• 38. He was innocent and the victim of a frame-up.
• 39. She has kept in close contact with the victims' families.
• 40. The victims were not referred to by name.
• 41. The charity exists to support victims of crime.
• 42. He cast himself as the innocent victim of a hate campaign.
• 43. One of the victims of the fire remains in a critical condition.
• 44. Two crash victims were admitted to the local hospital.
• 45. Most of the crash victims were killed outright.
• 46. The identification of the crash victims was a long and difficult task.
• 47. The father of one victim spoke with remarkable magnanimity.
• 48. His defence says it has found a new witness to back his claim that he is a victim of mistaken identity.
• 49. Millions of people gave freely in response to the appeal for the victims of the earthquake.
• 50. They have begun marshalling forces to send relief to the hurricane victims.
• 51. They rendered assistance to the disaster victims.
• 52. The government announced a day of national mourning for the victims.
• 53. Women and children are feared to be among the victims.
• 54. The victim was clubbed to death with a baseball bat.